0.01 Second Sword Master

0.01 Second Sword Master Episode 77

“Ohhh-!!”

“Wow!!”

The two formations clashed, shouting at each other.

The two knights, divided into blue and white, wielded wooden weapons and struggled to defeat the other first.

Then, when the command flag is raised high above—

“Get ready for defense!”

“Make gin!”

The knights stopped fighting and set up camp according to the flag.

‘It has improved a lot.’

In the past, it was stuffy just wandering around, but now seeing him prepare for a camp with very flamboyant movements gave me a new feeling.

After all, if you train, no matter how shitty the knights are, your skills will improve.

The extreme difficulty only prevented the player’s own stats from rising, and all of the stats of the knights and subordinates could be raised.

‘At least it’s fortunate.’

I hated this reality of having to be happy about it.

“Kill the devil!”

“You do what you are trained to do! Everyone move fast!”

After the formation confrontation, they now begin training to catch demons.

Standing up a big scarecrow and catching it with a rope, or encircling it and knocking down the opponent with arrows and spears, then attacking together was training to catch demons, not monsters.

Not only that,

“Hold on, everyone!!”

“The Great Knight Commander, even if you burn all the Magi powder here, you endured without any trouble!”

“You can do it too!!”

He also did not leave out the training to adapt to Magi by burning Magi powder.

‘I have to train hard.’

Let’s not forget that the difficulty of this game is atrocious.

Even on hard difficulty, the game constantly tries to endanger and kill the player.

If that’s the case, Atrocious Difficulty means you’re trying to kill me before you even have time to breathe.

‘To protect myself, the knights have no choice but to become stronger.’

While the soldiers were being trained like that, I was conducting mock battles with Horace and other civil servants by opening maps.

“If the enemy forms a defensive formation here, our troops form an assault formation here and can also neutralize this formation in an instant…”

Horace looked blankly at me as I moved the baton and explained, then asked me.

“Dae, the lieutenant commander.”

“what?”

“How on earth do you know all this? These are truly amazing giants. I’ve been studying Jinbeop all my life and gained experience, but this is the first time I’ve ever tried this type of combat.”

Responding to enemy attacks, seeing through their schemes, and annihilating them in various formations, the higher the intellect, the higher the possibility.

Of course, using what you learn and applying it also depends on your intellect.

But I’m not particularly affected by intellect.

Because as a person who has played this game for a long time, I know a lot of attack methods and strategies that users have found.

In particular, in this game, since I knew what type of strategy to use in a situation where it was advantageous to fight against people, there was no choice but to be qualitatively different between what I knew and Horace’s knowledge.

“…it’s basic.”

“Is this something basic?”

“yes. So that everyone knows this much.”

“Yes!”

As a result, when I let go of things that only the deceased could know, Horace and the civil servants looked at me like a god of strategy.

“Are you still buying equipment?”

“Yes. All knights’ equipment has already been replaced with new ones. Also, plans to build new watchtowers and fortifications throughout the territory are progressing without a hitch.”

There is something I learned from the Great Demon Layten incident.

If we don’t make the surveillance network tighter, we don’t know where and what will happen. So, he generously invested money in increasing the number of watchtowers that could keep an eye on all sides and building a defensive position in case of danger.

“There is so much money coming into the kingdom these days, so it would be okay to spend it boldly on armaments. As the value of the materials received from the elves and the Kalusite that continues to be collected are known, they are being sold through the Charlene family, leaving a great profit.”

The seeds I had sown were finally ripening and being harvested in abundance.

In particular, Calustone, which is being collected in Kalutan, is supplied through runners who are diligently mining with cheap labor, and as the mysterious power contained in this stone is known, it is being sold at a very high price.

To be honest, I want to release a lot of things, but-

‘It’s not allowed to solve a lot recklessly.’

Even in order to maintain high prices, stocks should not be fully released.

Furthermore, Kaluseok was perfect for use as a weapon, so I had to put a limit on the quantity so that other kingdoms wouldn’t threaten me with it.

“But there is one problem.”

“Problem?”

“Yes. The church is not selling holy water to us.”

These guys from the church are holding onto my ankles until the end.

Holy water shows a very good effect when dealing with demons.

Even the church wouldn’t know that.

“We have made it clear that nothing can be sold in the Kingdom of Eli. In particular, they say that buying holy water in large quantities is to instill fear in people that a non-existent demon has reappeared…”

That’s why I can’t give it to you until the end, right?

Play dirty, you guys.

You know that holy water works well for the techinas, so are you deliberately preventing it from being sold?

Then it gets a bit serious.

The difference between having holy water and not having it is definitely different.

The ability I have is to change all attacks to the light attribute.

If you change this

‘However, the damage is doubled.’

The same goes for using holy water.

Of course, even if it’s not up to 2x, you can inflict high enough damage to the demons.

That’s why it was definitely good to apply holy water to your weapon before fighting the devil.

‘If they say they won’t sell it, then we have no choice but to make it.’

The problem is that making holy water is not easy.

The recipe for holy water is simpler than you think.

If light magic is sprinkled on water, it becomes holy water.

The problem is that there is no one here who can cast light magic.

Hariel was also a sword to protect the church, but he couldn’t use light magic.

And even in the church, there are a limited number of people who actually handle light magic, and instead of light magic, they make holy water with an item called Akrien’s staff.

‘I can’t really steal that.’

There are several items that are considered sacred by the church, and one of them is Akrien’s staff.

‘If you ask Hariel to bring it secretly… Can’t you?’

If I do, the temple that I’ve been trying to keep quiet may go crazy trying to kill me again.

‘but. Unless it’s Levanos, everyone got the holy water from the church.’

Wanderer Levanos.

He is one of the top 10 sword masters on the continent, but he is a person who does not reveal himself well.

Because he is a swordsman who doesn’t belong anywhere, just like his title.

Later, Levanos became the protagonist’s ally and took the lead in slaying demons, and one of his strengths was that he could make holy water.

‘Of course, because Levanos is the blood of the heavens.’

celestial world.

If there are demons, there are also angels.

Sardiel, a race created by Rahal with light, was called the angel of this continent.

And Levanos is the lineage of the human and Sardiel races.

‘Where is Levanos by now?’

It was a random wanderer, so I couldn’t pinpoint where it was.

If possible, I want to bring them to our kingdom and set up a holy water factory there.

Besides, isn’t he a sword master?

‘wait for a sec.’

Then, suddenly, something passed through my mind.

‘Lebanos was able to use a light attribute attack, right?’

The Sardiel race, like me, can inflict light-attribute attacks that are vulnerable to demons.

And Levanos created holy water using the power of the light.

‘Then can’t I do it too?’

* * *

“Kyao!”

Kwajik-!

The bodies of the fiercely charging monsters were split apart by the gushing sword of light.

I don’t know how many times it’s already today.

It’s not a normal monster, it’s a monster pickled in magic.

Is the Tekina tribe really resurrecting as rumored?

When I was thinking like that -.

“As expected, the power of light is amazing.”

At the eerie voice from behind, Levanos turned his greatsword back.

“…Who are you?”

“First greetings. It is called Tercana.”

Levanos frowned at the smell of Magi coming from Tercana.

“The devil.”

Then, as if there was no need to listen, he swung his greatsword.

Kwa-kwak-!!

Then, two long bright sword marks appeared on Tercana’s body.

The guy let out a sinister laugh.

“I’m sorry, but the power of light doesn’t work on me. Because I’m not a demon, I’m a human. Plus, I have a lot of my body.”

just as expected.

The clones who looked exactly like Tercana were multiplying everywhere.

“…”

Levanos was unfazed.

He grabbed the string wrapped around the handle of his greatsword and began to turn it vigorously.

Then, the sword spun rapidly, drawing a large circle and wiping away Tercana’s alter egos in an instant.

“no!?”

Tercana’s expression of bewilderment was evident.

After splitting its face in half, Levanos set out to find the main body that could be controlling these clones somewhere.

“······found.”

Not long after, the stench of the filthy Magi felt behind that big tree, so he ran to it and put his knife in it.

“Kuh-!”

Tercana, whose body had been pierced by a greatsword, fell to her knees, bleeding.

Then,

“Caught.”

The corners of his mouth rose wickedly.

“!?”

Sensing something strange, Levanos tried to withdraw the greatsword again, but it was too late.

Tercana’s alter ego disappeared, leaving only the black orb he pierced with his greatsword.

The energy filled with darkness came up through Levanos’ great sword and penetrated his body.

“Ugh-!”

I felt a powerful darkness encroaching on my body.

Tercana said to him like that.

“Go, fallen angel. Go and kill Aslan who is tarnishing the name of the light.”

That was the last memory of Levanos.

* * *

“…”

“Waiting division commander? What are you doing?”

“no. It is nothing.”

Where did you feel the chills?

Is it because of the mood?

I looked at the water path leading to the well.

Originally, to get water, you had to fetch water from that deep well with a pulley, but there was no need for that here.

It was because, thanks to Raphael and other wizards, the water came up on its own along the path the soldiers had made with the power of magic.

“I designed it as the commander of the Grand Air Division said, and I am getting a very good response. There is no need to fetch water with difficulty, and water is supplied to the entire palace along the waterway, so it is used very conveniently.”

This is also a waterway designed and made by myself.

It must have been devised to solve the most inconvenient bathroom problem.

If the water flow is made well, the cleanliness of the soldiers will also increase, so that infectious diseases will not circulate.

Of course, there was a downside that it cost quite a bit to maintain the magic power required for magic, but considering the efficiency, it was never a waste.

“Hmm-“

I stared at the rippling water.

Should I test to see if I can make holy water by scooping up the water separately?

How did Levanos do it?

Shririk-!

I moved my finger to activate the swordsman effect and threw the sword of light at the waterway.

Then I checked the condition of the water, but-.

[clean water]

-It is clean water that is harmless even if you drink it right away due to the influence of magic.

Not much has changed.

Should I also try pouring water separately?

‘As far as I remember, Levanos pulled out a knife and put it in a puddle like this…’

I recalled the image of Levanos I had seen on my old computer screen, pulled out my sword, and put it into a large bucket of water that the soldiers had poured into it.

‘How did you do here?’

He tried to blow the sword with his sword swordsmanship several times, but there was no effect.

Although I have the ability of the light attribute, releasing it into the water was another matter.

‘As expected, I can’t.’

It’s not easy to solve the light attribute magically, so it seemed like this wasn’t enough.

‘Can I make sword steel?’

It’s not light magic, but sword swordsmanship is an ability with light attributes after all, wouldn’t it?

‘What if I just gathered my strength without creating sword steel?’

I didn’t make the shape of the sword steel, I just had to put that explosive energy into the sword.

It’s something I’ve done many times, so it wasn’t difficult.

‘Sometime-.’

I immediately energized the sword.

Brilliant light began to emanate from the sword as the momentary strength and the ability of a swordsman were simultaneously manifested.

Then, a change occurred in the water in which the sword was immersed.

The water was strangely turning golden.

[Golden water created by Aslan]

– Water imbued with the power of light created by Aslan, the commander of the Great Division of the Kingdom of Eli.

-Ingesting water or applying it to a weapon gives more than 30% more damage to demon-type monsters.

‘It’s not holy water, but it seems to be similar?’

The item description window is a little strange, but surprisingly, it had a similar effect to holy water.

‘This is enough.’

It doesn’t matter if it’s not holy water.

If only it had an effect equivalent to that.

I never thought it would be so simple and easy…

Bubbling-!

It was then.

“…?”

Isn’t the water bubbling up like it’s going to explode at any moment?

‘Hey, what’s wrong with this?’

Sensing something was wrong with the heat on my skin, I quickly drew my sword. But even so, the heat did not die down, rather, it boiled more strongly.

[Concentrated Golden Water]

-Excessively concentrated golden water. Mixing with plain water looks good.

finally,

Pew-!!

As the barrel exploded, the water flew up into the sky, and I was spared from being hurt thanks to having kept the Guardian Spirit’s shield on beforehand.

Fortunately, there were no soldiers around, so no one seemed to be hurt.

the problem is,

Chow-!

The explosion caused the water to spread widely, falling like a golden rain down wells and waterways.

The heat destroyed the waterway and melted the magic engraved in the well.

The smoke that came out was also golden.

“…”

I sensed it there.

That I had an accident today.

By the way-.

“Ooh, whoa!”

“This, what the hell!”

After looking at it from afar, the soldiers gathered at the well fired their flagships.

Curious, I went to their side and looked down at the well,

“!?”

The whole inside of the well was turning a golden color.